#4397 HIGH 8.2.0 (: Firmware update without hard power-cycle

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#4397: Firmware update without hard power-cycle
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           Reporter:  wmb at firmworks.com  |       Owner:  dilinger            
               Type:  defect             |      Status:  new                 
           Priority:  high               |   Milestone:  8.2.0 (was Update.2)
          Component:  kernel             |     Version:                      
         Resolution:                     |    Keywords:                      
        Next_action:  never set          |    Verified:  0                   
Deployment_affected:                     |   Blockedby:                      
           Blocking:                     |  
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Comment(by pgf):

 i believe that EC code (0xdb 66) is identical on both platforms.

 i was wondering more because i think the two platform kernels reboot
 differently, so the work/patch may be different.  as i recall, XO-1.5 uses
 "reboot=acpi", which goes through the FADT, where (if i'm reading right)
 we end up with a 0xd7 CMD66 code.  XO-1 (again, if i'm reading right)
 reboots via the same wrmsrl(MSR_DIVIL_SOFT_RESET, 1ULL) mechanism used by
 OFW.

 cc'ing dsd as well.

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